www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Alan Dershowitzhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/alan-dershowitz/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Alan Dershowitzen-usSun, 29 Mar 2015 22:04:04 -0400Obama anti-Israel sentiment spreads to Virginia State Bar Associationhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/29/obama-anti-israel-sentiment-spreads-to-virginia-st/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The White House is coming under increasing fire for fueling anti-Israel sentiment in the United States, particularly among Democrats, stoked by President Obama's feud with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p> <p>Even liberal Democratic political analysts like former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz and Clinton administration adviser Lanny J. Davis ...Kellan Howell, Valerie Richardson and Kellan Howell, Valerie RichardsonSun, 29 Mar 2015 22:04:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/29/obama-anti-israel-sentiment-spreads-to-virginia-st/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAnti-Israel sentiments force Virginia Bar to cancel trip to Jerusalemhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/28/anti-israel-sentiments-force-virginia-bar-cancel-t/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Virginia State Bar Association has canceled a trip for its members to learn in Jerusalem later this year after some members campaigned against it, accusing Israel of "unacceptable discriminatory policies and practices" in how it ensures its border security.</p> <p>The episode, confirmed in an email from Bar President Kevin ...Kellan HowellSat, 28 Mar 2015 13:18:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/28/anti-israel-sentiments-force-virginia-bar-cancel-t/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPAUL MILLER: Blaming Jews won't save Europe from Islamic terrorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/19/paul-miller-blaming-jews-wont-save-europe-from-isl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>When news broke of the terror attacks in Denmark, a close friend of Danish descent called me to vent his frustration that once again Jews were being murdered in Europe. He reminded me when such atrocities were happening during World War II, Danish citizens rescued their Jewish countrymen.</p> <p>On Oct. ...Paul MillerThu, 19 Feb 2015 18:35:09 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/19/paul-miller-blaming-jews-wont-save-europe-from-isl/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAlan Dershowitz sees political double standard in vandal attack on U.Va. fraternity househttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/21/alan-dershowitz-sees-political-double-standard-in-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Alan Dershowitz, one of the nation's premier defense lawyers and a Harvard law professor, believes universities display a double standard in excusing violence from the political left, and failing to punish activities like a fraternity house attack can have dangerous consequences.</p> <p>"Look at people like [Bill] Ayers and [Bernardine] Dohrn ...Jeffrey Scott ShapiroSun, 21 Dec 2014 18:35:07 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/21/alan-dershowitz-sees-political-double-standard-in-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRolling Stone University of Virginia rape story sparked unpunished rampagehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/21/rolling-stone-university-of-virginia-rape-story-sp/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In the wee morning hours after Rolling Stone's now-retracted gang rape story roiled the University of Virginia campus, a masked group of five women and three men unleashed their fury on the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the center of the controversy.</p> <p>Bottles and bricks were tossed through nearly ...Jeffrey Scott ShapiroSun, 21 Dec 2014 20:14:11 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/21/rolling-stone-university-of-virginia-rape-story-sp/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHAYDEN: Freedom vs. security debate with Greenwald like Hockey Night in Canadahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/hockey-night-in-canada/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p class="p1"><strong>ANALYSIS/OPINION:</strong></p> <p>It was billed as a debate, but even with the Maple Leafs out of the NHL playoffs, my recent evening in Toronto felt a lot more like Hockey Night in Canada.</p> <p>Renowned American lawyer Alan Dershowitz and I were debating self-described advocacy journalist Glenn Greenwald and young Internet ...Mike HaydenTue, 13 May 2014 19:04:09 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/13/hockey-night-in-canada/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRand Paul pandering to GOP with NSA lawsuit, former Dem governor sayshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/12/ed-rendell-rand-paul-pandering-gop-nsa-lawsuit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Wednesday that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's lawsuit against President Obama and the National Security Administration is just part of his 2016 strategy.</p> <p>"Obviously the strategy is to appeal to the base. Rand Paul obviously thinks he has a leg up now with [New Jersey] ...Jacqueline KlimasWed, 12 Feb 2014 11:25:00 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/12/ed-rendell-rand-paul-pandering-gop-nsa-lawsuit/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSAmanda Knox trial nears 3rd verdicthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/29/knox-trial-nears-3rd-verdict/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Few international criminal cases have stirred national passions as strongly as that of American student Amanda Knox, waiting half a world away for her third Italian court verdict in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher.</p> <p> Whatever is decided this week, ...COLLEEN BARRYWed, 29 Jan 2014 15:10:47 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/29/knox-trial-nears-3rd-verdict/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPRUDEN: Waiting for a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial in Floridahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/12/pruden-waiting-verdict-george-zimmerman-trial-flor/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>ANALYSIS/OPINION:</strong></p> <p>An inattentive lawyer can ruin his case with one badly prepared witness. The prosecutors of the case against George Zimmerman no doubt rue the day they put Rachel Jental on the witness stand, but their case was weak and ineffective, anyway. Soon we'll see what the jurors think. Theirs, ...Wesley PrudenFri, 12 Jul 2013 06:01:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/12/pruden-waiting-verdict-george-zimmerman-trial-flor/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSJimmy Carter peace award sparks outrage from pro-Israeli camphttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/9/jimmy-carter-peace-award-sparks-outrage-pro-israel/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A Jewish university that proposes awarding former President Jimmy Carter with a peace award has sparked the outrage of pro-Israel activists, who say he's done little, if anything, to advance their cause.</p> <p>Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is set to bestow the International Advocate for Peace award ...Cheryl K. ChumleyTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:52:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/9/jimmy-carter-peace-award-sparks-outrage-pro-israel/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSIsrael-backed event highlights Arab-Jewish refugeeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/23/israel-backed-event-highlights-arab-jewish-refugee/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>UNITED NATIONS &mdash; The international community has applied a double standard in recognizing Palestinian refugees but not the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees who have been forced out of Arab lands, Jewish scholars and Israeli officials say.</p> <p>"Why have you not heard more about the plight of Jewish refugees? ...Stewart Stogel - Special to The Washington TimesSun, 23 Sep 2012 13:03:55 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/23/israel-backed-event-highlights-arab-jewish-refugee/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS